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(And he's got an awesome sense of humour too)
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Quoting the legendary, the inimitable, the phenomenal Mr. Pete Seeger:
By now, most of you already know the indomitable, the unsinkable, the mind-bogglingly entrepreneurial Mr. Philip Patston.
Here’s an October 20th video clip of Philip onstage at The Thirsty Dog, in Auckland, New Zealand reciting poetry (with Tony Lewis on blues harp):
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Check out Philip’s awesome work @ philippatston.com
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Singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, speaking to Q radio host Jian Ghomeshi about the song Basket:
It’s a bit of an ode to my grandfather. After he passed away, I kind of came up with this idea that your life is a basket, and throughout your life you’re putting greeting cards and letters and notes into this basket. And every story, every experience that you’ve ever shared gets fueled into this basket that becomes you. And you are shaped by everything that’s ever happened to you or around you. He started to lose his memories, he started to mix things up, he started to call me his own brother’s name, and he’d confuse my brother and I. And I thought, y’know, that’s really tragic, and what do you do when the basket starts falling apart, and all those letters and stories fall to the ground? So the song is about getting old and pissed off, but then at the same time it’s about the redemption, it’s about holding on to those memories.
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Listen to Dan Mangan’s overwhelmingly-moving live performance of his song Basket off the new album “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” (Then go buy Dan’s music on iTunes!):
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Many of you may remember Drew, the youngest child in Ohio to ever receive simultaneous, bilateral cochlear implants.
It’s hard to believe that Drew celebrated his third birthday last month!
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Just to make the day a little sunshinier, here’s a clip of Drew singing the great Ohio State University game day anthem Carmen Ohio (lyrics can be found here):
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Quoting a recent announcement written by editor Susan Burch, Ph.D., published on the History of Disabilty listserv:
On behalf of the advisory board and our publisher (Facts on File), I am pleased to announce the release of the first historical encyclopedia of disability in America. The 3-volume “Encyclopedia of American Disability History” showcases nearly 800 subject entries and includes more than 350 authors. A wide array of primary sources, including letters, interviews, paintings, newspaper clippings, photographs, cartes des visites, pamphlets, speeches, laws, song lyrics, and literary works complement many of the articles. The extensive chronology of significant events in American disability history extends from the colonial period to present day. Throughout the volumes, breakout quotes from “common folks” offer insights into daily lives that typically have remained in the margins of historical study. The bibliography includes hundreds of books, articles, and documents, as well as sections on electronic resources: CDs, DVDs, videorecordings, and Web sites. A digitized version of the encyclopedia will be available in several months. We hope that you will find this a useful tool and encourage institutions, organizations, and libraries to order copies of it. Most major booksellers are offering the encyclopedia. You may also visit the publisher’s website by clicking here. This encyclopedia simply could not have been completed without the hundreds of talented and generous contributors. We offer our deep thanks to everyone who participated in this project.
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NOTE: If you live in Canada, you can buy this historic book AND help support Irked Magazine! We hope you’ll do just that…
Music and the Deaf was started 2 decades ago by a remarkable man named Dr. Paul Whittaker. Paul, who has a music degree from Oxford University, has been deaf since birth and profoundly deaf since the age of two. In 2007, he became an Officer of the British Empire. Oh yeah, and he trains choirs in his spare time.
Located in the heart of Muskoka, Ontario CNIB Lake Joseph Centre (Lake Joe) is a world leader in providing people with vision loss with life-changing experiences. Lake Joe is a fully accessible recreational facility that provides a fun and safe environment for people of all ages with vision loss.
And now…CNIB Lake Joseph Centre is searching for the next Canadian superstar! If you’re 16 years or older and have vision loss, it could be you!
